This wasn't amazing or anything but I had a good time. While I felt that there could have been more time developing the characters before the horror happened this was overall a solid survival horror. I thought all of the cast did a good job and it was great seeing Bruce Campbell in a role like this. The monster effects were fantastic and I enjoyed the climax. Not a masterpiece but an enjoyable way to spend an hour and 20 minutes.

Bruce Campbell is the only redeeming quality of Black Friday. Yes, the production is okay, the cast too, but the humor just does not work very well and the horror is at most okayish. On paper a mix of Blob, Superstore and a buddy horror comedy a la Shaun of the Dead may look good but the execution meanders something on the edge of average and below average. What I miss mostly is some unique spark. Also there never is really some suspense like for example in the story of The Mist. Exact rate: 3 + 1 for Mr. Campbell's solid performance.

Village of Secrets

Not once I've raised the corners of my mouth for a slight hint of a smile. The (first time movie) writer totally missed the humor in his writing. Writing comedy is an art and this could have been much better (maybe hire a comedian?) On the characters and story, the writing was bad also because the situation is handled as if the events happen every week which made it surreal & detached (in a bad way)... Also the music score gets annoying (its like a Home Alone score).. Now all this would not bothered me when the writing was good! The writer should've watched 1992 "Braindead" (my fav horror-comedy!) which has the absurdism, sarcasm and over the top gore this movie needed badly! Watch Braindead instead, avoid this!

The trailer looked half decent but the movie was very poor, no funny scenes, very cheap special effects, no real storyline. Something you would stick on in the background but even then get bored...very poor by Bruce Campbell.

Greetings again from the darkness. The horror-comedy genre boasts many movies that can be described as 'a blast' or 'a wild ride'. Director Casey Tebo and writer Andy Greskoviak wisely jump on a topic that lends itself all too well to this genre: the whole mess we call Black Friday shopping. Ingeniously setting this in a toy store ("We Love Toys"), focusing on the stressed-out employees, and assembling what seems like the perfect cast, the filmmakers somehow come up short, due mostly to a paucity of effective one-liners and visual gags so necessary in a project like this. Devon Sawa (FINAL DESTINATION, 2000) stars as Ken, the divorced father who is pained at having to drop his kids at his ex-wife's house as he heads in for his Black Friday shift at the store. We are then introduced to others on the store staff, including Ivana Baquero (Ofelia in the Guillermo del Toro instant classic PAN'S LABYRINTH, 2006) as Marnie, Ryan Lee (SUPER 8, 2011) as germophobe Chris, Michael Jai White (SPAWN, 1997) as Archie the maintenance guy, and Stephen Peck as Bryan, the power-abusing Assistant Manager. Leading this group of misfits is the always-great Bruce Campbell (the EVIL DEAD franchise) as Jonathan, the Store Manager and corporate lackey. In an early scene we hear a TV newscast that forewarns of an upcoming meteor event, and the science fiction element involves a gooey alien creature/substance that causes even more turmoil than the shortages of this year's must-have toys. Shoppers are transformed into zombie-flesh-eating-alien-mutants, and the toy store staff teams up in an effort to stay alive. All of the actors do their part. Sawa is effective as the leader, while Baquero lends a strong female presence. White is the epitome of a nail-gun toting action hero, and Campbell delivers his comic force while donning a bow-tie and cardigan. The special effects work, and the only thing missing are searing and cutting quips and one-liners that would complete the picture. ZOMBIELAND (2009), PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES (2016), THE DEAD DON'T DIE (2019), and READY OR NOT (2019) are all films in this genre that actually delivered what this one should have ... what it teased. One Air Supply joke and a riff on corporate greed and out-of-control entitled holiday shoppers was a tremendous idea that would have benefitted from more humorous social commentary. It's a letdown that may yet find a place the Midnight Movie slot. Available in theaters and On Demand beginning November 19, 2021.

It is not a horror movie. It is a comedy with gore. And has David "Ash" Campbell, who sometimes reminded me of John Cleese (google it if you do not a brain). There is a character highly annoying, useless, that looks like badly inserted, just to cope with a mental illness that is spreading globaly. I'll not say who is it, but it is the totally off gay guy. If have nothing to do, and nothing better to watch (wich is something unfortunately common these days), you'll have some laughs.

The comedy doesn't work, the horror doesn't either, the script was "written" by a 2 year old, the sound effects are over the top. This doesn't work in any level.

I have to say I really enjoyed this film... It's a really great horror comedy packed with great actors, awesome special effects and just a hell lot of fun... It's great to see amazing horror icons like Devon Sawa (Anton from Idle Hands) and Bruce Campbell (Ash from The Evil Dead franchise) doing what they always do best... Also amazing special effects from FX Legend, Robert Kurtzman... Just remember folks, It's a horror comedy for God's sake and not a biography crime drama... I have seen 83 movies this year and this movie is right up my list at no. 12... Like I said it's a horror comedy and it's not meant to be taken seriously... Just have fun with it and you'll enjoy...

It looks like they did not spend any money and time making it, so don't waste your time watching it. It is a copy of the 1988 movie called The Blob. But even though that one was 33 years ago it was way better. It is like a bunch of scenes put together, but that does not make a movie. Also the scenes are acted weird, like they are completely not in their characters but just reading the lines. Very unconvincing. The whole movie is shot in one place in which they just run back and forth. The special effects are bad, cheap and last wayyy too long. Terrible.